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Cloudy Read It First 73/57 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LXII, NUMBER 13 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 TUFTSDAILY.COM University reports $32 million operating surplus b y El i z a b e t h McKa y year, which was $1 million more than Daily Editorial Board last year, Monaco’s email said. “We received more grant funding In the midst of poor economic con- than anticipated, providing faculty sal- ditions, the university experienced a ary support and additional indirect $29 million operating surplus for the cost recovery,” he added. fiscal year of 2011, according to Vice The university’s policy of self- President for Finance and Treasurer insured employee health care, as well Thomas McGurty. as miscellaneous expense savings, also Despite the surplus, administrators contributed to the surplus, McGurty voiced the need for continued financial added. responsibility in the face of possible In his email to the Tufts community, federal grant cuts and economic fluc- Monaco also cited a return on univer- tuations. sity investments as a contributing fac- University President Anthony tor in the surplus. Monaco announced the surplus in a The excess funds will go toward the Sept. 12 email to the Tufts community. university’s reserve funding, to be used The surplus is equivalent to about in the event of a budget deficit, accord- 4 percent of the university’s operating ing to McGurty. budget, according to McGurty. “All operating surpluses are added to The past fiscal year’s surplus repre- reserve accounts maintained for each sents a significant increase from the school and the university,” he said. virginia bledsoe/Tufts Daily fiscal year of 2010, which reported a “These reserves serve as a backstop The new UIT data center in Boston will mean a faster Tufts network with less downtime. budget surplus of only $3.8 million, if a school should operate with an according to McGurty. unanticipated budget deficit… [and] McGurty attributed the surplus to as a funding source for the renovation UIT leases new data center, several causes, including a growth in of existing facilities or construction of enrollment and increased grant fund- new space,” he added. ing. In his email Monaco also voiced a increases network speed “More students accepted our offer of need for prudence in the university’s admission than we had anticipated… financial planning going forward, cit- b y Co r i n n e Se g a l been an increased need for more result[ing] in additional tuition rev- ing fluctuation in financial markets as Daily Editorial Board space to host network providers and enue, although that was partially offset well as possible changes in federal and servers, Irish said. by higher financial aid costs,” McGurty state funding for higher education. Tufts’ new Boston data center UIT has long been considering told the Daily in an email. “We anticipate that we may need to promises to increase the speed and ways to improve the network speed Tufts gave $15 million to the Class of reliability of the Tufts network thanks and connectivity between Tufts’ three 2015 in need-based financial aid this see SURPLUS, page 2 to updated technology and additional campuses in Medford/Somerville, servers. Boston and Grafton, according to The leased space in the Markley Associate Director of Telephony and Group’s Boston Data Center, which Operations Kyle Pope. became functional this summer, “A few years ago, we started build- will house technology responsible ing out a plan to expand our network, for improving the efficiency of the and to make it more robust and reli- restructured, renamed Tufts network, according to Philip able,” Pope said. Pascale, associate director of network The university signed a lease for Officeb y Mofa h p aUndergraduate r i So t o u d e h Affairs Education and Dean Lowe’s office.” services for University Information space in the data center on last win- Daily Editorial Board The restructuring process began Technology (UIT). ter, moved in during the spring, and last year when James Glaser vacated The data center, described by by July 1 had installed the network, The Office of Undergraduate his post as dean of Undergraduate Director of Communications and according to Pope. Education this summer changed its title Education to assume the role of dean Organizational Effectiveness for UIT Other groups sharing space at the to the Office of Academic Advising and of Academic Affairs, and when Joanne Dawn Irish as one “one of the most data center include university tech- Undergraduate Studies, prompted by a Berger-Sweeney became dean of Arts well-constructed and thought-out nology groups from Massachusetts desire to alleviate confusion about the and Sciences. data centers in the country,” is locat- Institute of Technology and Harvard changing role of the office and present Upon her arrival, Berger-Sweeney ed at One Summer St. in Boston near University, Irish said. a more accessible front to students. decided to hire an outside consultant to the Downtown Crossing T stop. One Summer St. is now Tufts’ third The newly rechristened office under- gauge perceptions of the office’s name In recent years, as UIT has devel- went structural changes and now and role in the Tufts community, said oped more online services, there has see UIT, page 2 encompasses the Associate Deans Interim Dean of Academic Advising and of Undergraduate Education, the Undergraduate Studies Carmen Lowe. Academic Resource Center and profes- “There was an outside consultant sional advising staff, according to Dean brought in to speak with everybody of Student Services Paul Stanton. in Dowling Hall to get faculty, staff Most other offices that have tradi- and student perceptions about Dowling New department to plan tionally served both graduates and Hall and Student Services,” Lowe said. undergraduates, including Stanton’s “Based on the consultant’s feedback, own department, have remained they decided to do some restructur- space use more holistically unchanged. ing.” b y Mi c h a e l Ma r ks needed a separate planning depart- “So far, there haven’t been many sub- The name change of the office was Daily Staff Writer ment for quite some time. stantive changes in student services,” prompted by the findings of the outside “For a university of our size, with Stanton said. “The changes have taken Responding to a longstanding need seven schools on three different cam- place laterally, in the offices of Student see RESTRUCTURING, page 2 to better manage the university’s facil- puses, we needed a way to coordinate ities, Tufts created the Department of planning between the many facets,” University Space Management and Reynolds said. Planning to oversee the allocation Stanley said most universities of and management of space on all three comparable size to Tufts — including Tufts campuses. Harvard University, Massachusetts Lois Stanley joined Tufts last Institute of Technology, Brown November as the university’s first University and the University of director of university management Massachusetts Amherst — have cam- and planning, overseeing space pus planning departments. inventory, near-term space solutions “Campus planning is everywhere,” and long-term master planning. Stanley said. “It is actually a surprise William H. Butt/Tufts Daily Vice President for Operations Dick The rechristened Office of Academic Advising and Undergraduate Studies is housed in Reynolds said the university has see PLANNING, page 2 Dowling Hall.

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see FEATURES, page 3 see ARTS, page 5 2 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y News Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Increased enrollment, grant funding lead to additional revenue

SURPLUS would determine the need for any nomic climate, according to University possesses during tough economic times. continued from page 1 potential budgetary action,” he said. Director of Public Relations Kim “In these challenging times, the qual- adjust to funding reductions over the “We are carefully watching devel- Thurler. ity of our faculty, staff and students will course of the year, depending on leg- opments in Washington as the Super “Tufts has an approach to managing continue to be our foremost competitive islative and administrative actions,” Committee and Congress grapples its finances that is prudent and con- advantage.” he said. with the long term budget deficit,” he servative and that enables us to man- “It is reassuring to be surrounded Though the university will be mon- added. age those resources effectively,” she by such talented and resourceful col- itoring changes in the economy, as He noted that the university will be said. “That’s one of the things that has leagues, who, I am confident, will work well as possible federal grant cuts, the issuing new bonds in the coming year enabled us to weather the economic with me to find creative solutions to university is not currently planning a to “finance various capital projects ups and downs over the recent years.” whatever challenges we may encounter,” decrease in budget funding for the fis- throughout the university.” Monaco in his email praised the high he added. cal year 2012, McGurty said. The university’s careful financial caliber of the Tufts community, especially “The severity and durations of any management practices enabled the its faculty, staff and administrators, call- —Laina Piera contributed reporting to possible future [economic] decline university to prosper in harsh eco- ing it the strongest asset the university this article. New department to oversee space management PLANNING continued from page 1 that Tufts did not have it.” The nascent planning department consists of the director, Stanley, and Susanne Spano, space planning information system administrator, Stanley said. Much of the department’s work will deal with managing students’ and faculty space requests, including desig- nating special areas for student groups, Reynolds said. “We’re constantly getting requests from student groups who need space for something, or we find out that a certain group of students needs additional housing, and we have to find a solution to their problems that makes sense with the space we have,” Stanley said. One of Stanley’s first projects last year was the conversion of the Miller Hall basement — formerly the site of the REZquad Café — to housing for doctoral students studying with The Water Diplomacy Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT). The Miller Hall basement became living quarters for IGERT students who need needed housing on the Medford/ Somerville campus with access to the School of Arts and Sciences, the Fletcher School and the School of Engineering. The eviction of the REZquad Café resulted in the elimination of 24 student jobs. “We found what we thought was an ideal location for the IGERT students,” Stanley said. “We talked it through with the REZquad folks and [Dean of Student Affairs] Bruce Reitman, and I Megan Maher/Tufts Daily think we ultimately arrived at a solu- The reallocation of the Miller Hall basement space was one of the first projects tackled by the new Department of University Space tion that will really support these stu- Management and Planning. dents.” The first doctoral students started The planning department will offer “I’d like for us to get a [Geographic and Director of Facilities Services Bob to move into the new space earlier a much-needed overall perspective to Information System]-based mapping Burns will make these decisions. this month. Not all the former space campus space planning, Stanley said. system so we can make a map of cam- “The point of the committee is to devoted to REZquad was used in the “It no longer makes sense for us to pus that is more interactive for the make sure that when we fill a vacancy graduate student project, and some plan on a one-off basis,” she said. “We students,” she said. on campus we’re not just doing so on a of the remaining parts will be used for need to be keeping the bigger picture The department will also be respon- one-off basis, that we’re considering all additional practice spaces for indi- in mind.” sible for filling short-term space vacan- the mitigating factors,” Reynolds said. vidual students and musical groups, Stanley plans to improve the online cies, according to Reynolds. A com- “We’re trying to look [at] it all in a more Stanley said. map of Tufts’ campus. mittee composed of Reynolds, Stanley holistic fashion.”

New data center increases New Dean of Undergraduate and reliability of Tufts network Graduate Studies needed UIT nance, Pascale said. RESTRUCTURING ly occupied two positions: his titled continued from page 1 The new data center will also continued from page 1 post and a position called “Dean X,” data center, in addition to one located increase the speed of the Tufts net- consultant that many graduate stu- which involved responsibilities such as in the Tufts Administration Building work by using fiber optic cables, dents were unaware that the Office of overseeing the Office of Undergraduate and another housed in Miller Hall, which can provide multiple pathways Undergraduate Education could serve Education, Student Services, the Office according to Irish. for network requests at once, Pope their needs, too. of Student Affairs, athletics and sports, Setting up the Tufts servers at the and Pascale said. In order to clarify this mispercep- according to Lowe. new site was a complicated process, “What that translates to from a tion, the office’s name was changed The restructuring process redistrib- Pope noted. client perspective, is that you have to Office of Academic Advising and uted some of Glaser’s former responsi- “It was literally thousands of pieces a server that can handle many more Undergraduate Studies, according to bilities as “Dean X” to Lowe and sparked that needed to be interconnected,” he simultaneous requests and provide Lowe. a search for a dean who would work said. “Our network team did a great better performance,” Pascale said. Along with a new title for the office, under the deans of Arts and Sciences job.” “If you’re running your laptop on the university changed the name and Engineering, according to Stanton. The new center offers backup serv- the network, it will be faster,” Irish of Glaser’s former position, dean of “Before, Glaser’s title was dean of ers and connections put into place said. “If you’re running anything that Undergraduate Education, to dean of Undergraduate Education,” Abriola should another data center fail, Pope requires access to the Internet con- Undergraduate and Graduate Studies. said. “We felt like that was a misno- said. nection, it should be faster because This change was prompted by a desire mer. “If either one of those data centers of it.” to seem accessible to undergraduate The titles of other deanships were has a problem, you, as a user, would The data center also provides “top- and graduate students, according to also changed this summer in order to never know,” he said. “If something notch cooling facilities” for servers, Dean of Engineering Linda Abriola. better reflect the deans’ role, Abriola fails, we have the next step in place which cannot function if they become The university is currently searching said. to take it over, and keep it running as overheated, Irish noted. for a new dean of Undergraduate and “In coming up with different names a seamless application.” “It really does a great job of pro- Graduate Studies, a position that cur- for things, they wanted to emphasize Having multiple working data cen- tecting our hardwire and infrastruc- rently lacks a permanent hire. all the academic support services that ters is also useful if the university ture and ability to maintain uninter- Glaser, during his time as dean of are available for all services in Arts, needs to shut down one for mainte- rupted service,” she said. Undergraduate Education, technical- Sciences and Engineering,” Lowe said. 3

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his week’s topic is near and dear to me, as any of my old friends from high school will attest to. The primary setting is my home- Ttown of Chatham, Mass. — a fishing vil- lage many of you may be familiar with. As we all know, summertime resort communities can get a little crowd- ed once the sun comes out and tem- peratures start to creep above 50º F. Regardless of how cold the water still is (it’s about as cold as taking a swim in your refrigerator), countless tourists flock to the beaches to soak up some sun over the long Memorial Day weekend. How do they get to the beach? The roads! The topic is drivers. Bad drivers. They can be elderly, young or just plain inept. They all have one thing in common: They collectively possess the ability to make me want to scream expletives out of an open car window while simultaneously pulling my hair out of my scalp. Justin Mccallum/Tufts Daily Weekly Catholic mass in Goddard Chapel brings together Tufts Catholics for worship and study. If that isn’t enough, they’re all awake at the ungodly hour I have to leave for work, causing my drive to take approximately 20 more minutes during the Faith on the Hill: Catholicism average summer day than it should. b y De r e k Sc h l o m high school, Denney was raised as a puses — such as abortion, pre-marital sex Before anyone jumps all over me Daily Editorial Board Congregationalist before deciding to begin and condom use, each of which has come about how important tourists are to the conversion process as a senior in high under fire over the years by the Vatican and tourism communities, I’ll explain. Thou shalt engage in drinking, pre-mari- school. about which Catholic students may disagree Tourists fund the Cape Cod econo- tal sex and shameless self-absorption. “The more I learned about Catholicism, with their more liberal peers. my, and without them nobody would The unwritten rules of the college life- and the more I thought about it, the more “Particularly as a freshman, I would argue be able to survive during the winter style — or at least the stereotype of such logical and accurate it seemed to be in its a lot with my friends about things like abor- months — simple as that. However, — can’t exactly be mistaken for tenets teaching compared to the church I was fol- tion and the death penalty,” Denney said. tourists are notoriously bad drivers of Catholicism, which is why minefields lowing [at the time],” he said. “Catholicism “And I still find myself arguing about that on the Cape. They stop in the mid- abound for strict Catholic students who was just more certain in its teachings.” stuff constantly with friends who are much dle of the road to get a look at the pursue higher education at secular institu- Transitioning from high school student more liberal than I am.” beach. They forget that they’re driv- tions like Tufts. bodies comprised primarily of Catholics Still, the ideological conflict remains civil, ing because “they’re on vacation.” I’ve Though senior Christopher Gardner con- to the diverse Tufts population presented he said. heard a plethora of excuses. When is siders himself an observant Catholic, life its own unique obstacles for Denney and “I’ve found Tufts to be a place where forgetting how to drive like a normal as a college student often precludes him Gardner. people can say ‘I don’t agree with you, here’s human being acceptable “just because from participating in his faith as often as he “The biggest challenge was adjusting to my opinion on it,’” Denney said. “There are you’re on vacation?” would like. a different kind of friend group than when intellectual discussions without yelling or The answer should be never. “In terms of prayer and finding time for I was in Catholic school,” Denney said. “I name-calling.” Countless accidents are caused every reconciliation and confession, it’s tough to was friends with a lot of the kids in the cam- Gardner has received similar courtesy, summer as a result of these careless find the time to do that stuff,” he said. pus ministry there, and I didn’t really have he said. drivers, among others. If everyone paid “College is very time-consuming. The that coming here because my first friends “I tend to look at myself as a very pro- attention to what they were doing, and important thing is that you try, not that you were from the sailing team and people from gressive Catholic even though I’m pretty pulled over to the side of the road to succeed.” my [dorm] floor who weren’t necessarily religious,” he said. “There are things that I take a look at the beach, many of these Gardner, who attended a public high Catholic.” don’t agree with the Vatican on, and I come accidents could be avoided. I’m all for school in nearby Stoneham, Mass. — “where Denney says that he eventually found a from a fairly liberal parish and a fairly liberal safety — please, vacationers, take a pretty much everyone is Catholic,” he says balance between social contacts in and out youth group. Not everyone has to agree. But memo. You’ll be safer, I’ll be safer — it’s — is currently the president of the Catholic of the CCT. it’s about being respectful.” a win-win situation. Community at Tufts (CCT), an on-campus “It’s just important to find people you Gardner also has contested the merits But rest assured, elderly drivers, you organization that aims to bring together share interests with and make sure that they of Catholicism and religion in general with haven’t escaped my scrutiny. I think Catholic students. respect your background even if they don’t peers, including atheists and those in the there should be a rule that every driver The need to congregate with peers of share it,” he said. midst of a post-teenage crisis of faith. be re-tested at a certain age (say... 60? similar faith nearly drove Gardner away Of course, socializing on college cam- “I have plenty of friends who are athe- 65?) to make sure that they are still able from Tufts, he said. puses brings about a set of temptations that ist, who think that church and religion are to drive effectively — then be tested “For me, at first, when I was looking at clash with traditional Catholic views. But stupid, and they ask me why I believe what again every five years afterwards. We’ve Tufts and I decided to come here, I was look- Gardner says that his Catholic beliefs have I believe,” he said. “After having conversa- all heard about them — the 80-year-old ing at local parishes because I didn’t know never fallen prey to peer pressure. tions with them they’ve come to respect my man who drives into a pool because he that there was mass on campus,” he said. “For me and my friends, my faith was beliefs and I respect theirs. mistakes the gas pedal for the brake, the “Honestly, times were rough because I was never an issue,” Gardner said. “They under- “I lost faith in junior year of high school 90-year-old woman who drives out into concerned that I wouldn’t have a place to go stood that this was my faith, this was what for a small period of time before finding my oncoming traffic without looking and [for worship].” I believe in, and I’ve never been pressured way back through some personal reflection, causes a fatal accident and the 84-year- A letter addressed to applicants who had to do anything I wasn’t comfortable doing, so I understand why people wonder and old woman who hit Reese Witherspoon self-identified as Catholic, which included never been pressured to drink if I wasn’t question why God exists. I’ve come to the while the actress was jogging. information about the weekly on-campus comfortable drinking. People have accepted conclusion that He does and I understand These stories have become common- Catholic mass each Sunday at 10 p.m., and respected me so I’ve never felt any pres- that not everyone [agrees] and that’s fine. “ place, and re-testing is something that assuaged Gardner’s fears. sure to betray my faith.” One opportunity for Gardner to explore can be employed to avoid them! If your “Nothing would ever interrupt that Denney, too, has faced little difficulty, his faith is at the aforementioned Sunday eyes are so bad that you can’t see with- time, obviously, so it fits into my sched- though he states that, in terms of following night mass in Goddard Chapel. The service out leaning over the steering wheel, you ule,” he said. Catholic tenets in general, he takes a forest- draws hundreds of churchgoers each week, probably shouldn’t be driving. Likewise, Also weighing on Gardner’s college choice for-the-trees approach. University Chaplain David O’Leary said in if you can’t go at least the speed limit on was his passion for engineering, which took “I try to follow the main tenets and really an email. Most of the attendees are Tufts the highway, you shouldn’t be driving. I precedence over a desire to attend a uni- be a good Catholic and a good Christian… students, according to Denney. know it takes a lot of mobility away, but versity built on Catholic principles like the but I think looking at my [actions] spreads Sypec grew up going to church with her would you rather sacrifice your mobil- University of Notre Dame or Georgetown God’s message rather than following every family and attended a Catholic high school. ity or suffer the consequences of taking University. little rule,” he said. Mass at Tufts was an easy way to make the someone’s life by accident? “The only… [Catholic college] I even Mary Sypek, a junior who serves as one transition, she said. “It’s definitely been a To summarize, learn how to drive thought of was Boston College, which of CCT’s spritual coordinators, said that this learning process moving from somewhere better, and pay attention when you’re doesn’t have an engineering program, so reconciliation is a part of observing any where I was surrounded by Catholics to on the road. Everyone. And don’t drive that was definitely a no,” Gardner said. “I faith’s tenants. somewhere where I had to seek it out. In drunk — it’s not that difficult to call a didn’t even apply to any Catholic colleges, “There were a few things that I’ve had terms of finding the Catholic community, cab. One of your friends can foot the nor did I ever intend to.” to reconcile, but I think that’s part of being it was really easy because there’s a mass on bill if you don’t have enough money. Jacob Denney, CCT’s vice president, had involved with any religion. These are tradi- Sunday every week.” If your friend won’t do that, find some a similar decision to make. tions that were created a long time ago… “It was definitely an adjustment along new friends. “My main priority was academics,” and reconciling that with modern life is sort with all the other adjustments of coming Denney, a junior, said. “I knew I was strong of a challenge.” to college,” Sypec said, “[but] I think that a and my faith was strong so I realized I didn’t Another potentially tricky situation for really cool part of being Catholic here is that Kacey Rayder is a junior majoring in need to be at a Catholic college.” Catholic Jumbos is the debate over hot-but- everyone really knows each other… and it’s English. She can be reached at Kacey. Though he attended a Catholic ton topics — particularly on college cam- a really close community.” [email protected]. 4 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Features Tuesday, September 27, 2011

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Celebrity Profile | Zooey Deschanel Alexandria Chu | Hit Li(s)t Deschanel dishes about ‘New’ comedy series L.A. b y Al e x Ka u f m a n Daily Staff Writer existential To some, she’s an It Girl; to others, she’s a manic pixie dream girl. Whatever you choose to call her, Zooey Deschanel ast week, I argued for the relevance has garnered critical acclaim over her of books. This week, we begin to 10-plus years on the silver screen. Now, construct our very own ultimate col- she’s squeezing her eccentric persona lege student book collection! into smaller screens. L I’m going to start in familiar territory with Born into a showbiz family, Deschanel a couple of my favorite books by my favorite seemed destined to follow in her par- author. Let’s break it down into Twitterverse- ents’ footsteps by entering the business. like pieces… She began acting onstage in school, Author: Bret Easton Ellis playing mostly comedic roles, and fol- Titles: “Less Than Zero” (1998) and “The lowed up that experience at a summer Rules of Attraction” (1998) theater camp. Number of Pages: 208 and 288 “I always think of myself as a come- Years Published: 1985 and 1987 dic actress. I guess later I found that Movie Versions: Awful and awesome I could do drama as well,” Deschanel Bret Easton Ellis was born and raised in told the Daily. Los Angeles, shooting to literary stardom She went on to pursue film, both dra- at a young age. His books are dark, satiri- matic and comedic, and was highly suc- cal and controversial for their violent and cessful. Some of her better-known films graphic exploits. Not surprisingly, consid- include “Elf” (2003), “The Hitchhiker’s ering his relative proximity to Hollywood, Guide to the Galaxy” (2005) and “Bridge several of his works have been made into to Terabithia” (2007). She landed the role movies. Ellis himself attests that “Rules of of Summer in “(500) Days of Summer” Attraction” (2002) is a close portrayal of his (2009), and her celebrated performance work. However, he also admits that “Less as an offbeat heartbreaker catapulted Than Zero” (1987) is a loose interpretation, her to stardom. ultimately telling a different story with the This fall, Deschanel is starring in Fox’s same character names. new series, “New Girl,” which the Daily I urge you to first check out the books and gave a 2.5 star review last Tuesday. She turn to the movies only as a counterpart. stars as Jess, the recently dumped pro- Much of the lyricism of the words, the ambi- tagonist who moves into an apartment guity in the stories and the contemplative with three guys she’s never met before. sections are lost in the film versions. Hilarity ensues. There are so many reasons to include Ellis’ Deschanel wasn’t looking for a TV two novels in our collection. Firstly, he wrote series to star in — “New Girl” found her “Less Than Zero” when he was in college! instead. “I was thinking about maybe Rumor has it he assembled an assortment doing an arc on a TV show or something, Autumn Dewilde/FOX of shorts from his creative writing class into just looking into it,” she said. But after Zooey Deschanel portrays the eccentric Jess Day in the new comedy ‘New Girl.’ the novel itself. It was published when he reading the script of “New Girl,” she was only 21. Can you imagine? That guy said, “I was so blown away by how per- sentiment: It’s truly hard to believe it was sort of a perfect fit, you know. You next to you in English 0013 comes out with a fect it was for me, and how funny it was, that the show was conceived without go to a store, and there’s a dress that just book on the pieces he work-shopped. These and sweet and smart.” Deschanel in mind. “I know it wasn’t books are literally written by an ’80s version A viewing of the pilot confirms her written for me initially,” she said, “but see DESCHANEL, page 6 of us. Secondly, these books are about college and its students. In “Less Than Zero,” we Album Review Movie Review are placed into the mind of Clay, a freshman returning home during winter break. ‘Straw Dogs’ Not only is there a dichotomy between his schooling on the East Coast and his home on the West, but there is also a clash possesses little between his high school friends and the life he now knows. bark, no bite This feeling of unknowing resonated with b y Mi k e Ac q u a f r e d d a me in my freshmen year, and I’m sure you Contributing Writer can empathize as well. How do you take care of the people you’ve grown up with when In an ancient Chinese tradition, straw you’re gone more than half of the year? How dogs were used as sacrifices in hallowed do you fight the natural push to grow apart? rituals. These objects were held in high Can you really ever shake these friends, when it seems you’ve known them more Straw Dogs intimately than the boarders at university? The same coming-of-age plot is in The Rules of Attraction, which follows three Starring Kate Bosworth, characters engaging in the enthralling but dangerous hook-up culture. Ellis captures James Marsden and the excess of youth in scenes rampant with Alexander Skarsgard sex, drug use, and binge drinking during Directed by Rod Lurie parties with killer names like Dress to Get Screwed or End of the World. Someone opeth.com regard during the ceremony, but afterwards needs to throw these parties in Hillsides. Opeth’s latest album introduces a new direction from this metal group. thrown into the street and forgotten. Lastly, both these books are poignant, With such an enigmatic title, one would showing us the world of ‘80s college stu- expect “Straw Dogs” to be an engaging and dents, which still feels familiar today. In thrilling film for the ages. Unlike a straw some ways, these stories are perhaps too Opeth breaks from metal dog, this movie will never be esteemed. over-the-top, with enough cocaine to be Like a straw dog, it’s safe to say it will be cast mistaken as piles of snow and with less- aside and quickly forgotten. than-sympathetic characters. But at the on nostalgic ‘Heritage’ The 2011 revamp of Sam Pechkinpah’s core of these novels are heartbreaking sto- 1971 film features James Marsden, Kate ries of loneliness and the college-age plight b y Sc o t t Su g a r m a n Not so for Opeth. On “Heritage” (2011),” Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgård. Each of defining who you are. Daily Staff Writer the Swedish progressive metal kingpins of these talented actors effectively execut- With vacant, underdeveloped parents, eschew their highly-produced death metal ed his or her role; however, even phenom- unrequited love and unreliable friends, “Less In today’s metal scene, advanced tech- roots. The band features guitarist, vocalist enal acting cannot save a film with a slowly Than Zero” and “The Rules of Attraction” nology dominates the recording process. and mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt, guitar- moving and sub-par plot. offer real and sincere young adult charac- Lightning-fast guitar lines are hyper-com- ist Fredrik Åkesson, bassist Martin Mendez, The story begins with David and Amy ters. We can relate to the plight of characters drummer Martin Axenrot and former key- Sumner (Marsden and Bosworth) relocat- who feel alone without ever admitting it. At Heritage boardist Per Wiberg. As suggested by the ing to Blackwater, Miss. The town incor- the same time, we also can turn a critical eye brightly colored, almost excessive symbol- porates every stereotype — from cliched toward our own lives, seeing that maybe we Opeth ism of Travis Smith’s cover artwork, the to offensive — of the Deep South, includ- are lucky we never had infinite possibilities band’s 10th “observation” finds them explor- ing a venerated high school football team, and zero responsibilities. ing the organic, earthy tones of ’70s progres- townspeople with strong religious convic- Roadrunner sive rock. tions and a group of beer-swilling men After a stately, minimalist piano intro on who jump at any excuse to go hunting. Alexandria Chu is a junior majoring in pressed. Vocal lines are doubled, tripled, English. She can be reached at Alexandria. quadrupled and edited endlessly. see OPETH, page 6 see DOGS, page 6 [email protected]. 6 Th e Tu f t s Da i l y Arts & Living Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Southern stereotypes, lackluster plot bore audiences

DOGS pletely predictable from their continued from page 5 inceptions. Whether audiences These men, the so-called straw dogs, have seen the original or not, are formerly loved teenage football they’ll be scratching their heads, stars who have grown into washed- wondering if they’ve watched this up members of the small southern flick before. community. The director of the film, Rod Charlie (Skarsgård) leads the Lurie, was also responsible for eccentric crew; he is a conniving adapting the screenplay from man who exudes southern charm Peckinpah and David Zelag and stirs up conflicts with the town’s Goodman’s original version of the newest residents. Blackwater may film. Unfortunately, Lurie struck be Amy’s hometown, but her suc- out completely in his attempt to cessful Harvard-grad, screenplay- craft a suspenseful thriller. Good- writing husband has a harder time humored audiences will chuckle fitting in. when the screenplay-writing char- “Straw Dogs” barely deviates acter, David Sumner (Marsden), from audience expectations — mentions that he “really isn’t into” unless audiences expect an enjoy- writing thrillers. His comment able film, in which case it deviates reads like Lurie’s own subtle plea immensely. Like any other thriller for mercy — it’s as though he real- set in the southern boondocks, izes his film is a letdown. it pairs shots of a Spanish moss- Above all, the pace of “Straw covered swamp with eerie back- Dogs” is extremely slow, and the ground banjo music. The minor film spends far too much time on characters woven into the story are its exposition. Though suspense is hackneyed as well: there’s the pro- a crucial element for any thriller, it totypically short-fused, drunken is nowhere to be found. For over 50 has been, as well as the harmless, minutes, the audience impatiently mentally handicapped man who waits for something to happen, and strawdogsmovie.com gets himself into trouble. when something finally does, the Whether or not viewers have seen the original ‘Straw Dogs,’ they’ll be able to predict every moment of this remake. There’s potential for great scene is completely trite. The cli- tension to arise from the clash max, and the only really electrifying these sparse, unsettling clips fail dramatic conclusion to the oth- Those who are at all curious between a pedantic, white-collar scene, occurs less than 15 minutes to energize the film. Boredom erwise bland “Straw Dogs” leaves about “Straw Dogs” might as well Yankee and drawling, blue-collar before the credits start rolling. broken by brief flashes of excite- viewers frustrated and apathetic, save themselves $10 and just watch simpletons. However, all of the Though “Straw Dogs” does ment is a terrible formula for any rather than curious, about what the trailer. Every remotely interest- conflicts within the film are com- contain a few gruesome scenes, film. Furthermore, the abrupt and happens next. ing scene can be found there.

OPETH Fans of Åkerfeldt and company’s former continued from page 5 heaviness shouldn’t despair, either — that the first and title track, “The Devil’s Orchard” same silence often leads to doom-laden, pul- Metalwastes no time institution in channeling Opeth’s new ‘Opeth’ finds new sound on ‘Heritage’ verizing riffage, albeit with a twist. A huge, sound. The song blasts off with a spiraling, descending guitar line dominates the sec- ascending guitar riff that alternates with ond half of “I Feel the Dark,” supplemented Wiberg’s crackling organ shivers. Åkerfeldt by bellowing synthesized horns and sliding and Åkesson trade in the monolithic distor- call-and-response vocals. “Famine” eventually tion of past albums for lithe, slightly over- boils down to a sludgy, bludgeoning riff that driven licks that are more King Crimson than accompanies an out-of-nowhere flute solo King Diamond. Halfway through, the complex by Björn J:son Lindh. Though they may have eddies of Axenrot’s drumming fade to a light, dialed down the distortion, Opeth can still get Latin groove, as vibes and keys cast an eerie pretty fierce when they want to. atmosphere before the finale’s screaming gui- Aside from the extremely versatile guitar solo. tar, keyboard and vocal performances, the Despite how (or perhaps because) Åkerfeldt rhythm section of Axenrot and Mendez forsakes his trademark guttural growls on turns out to be the MVP of “Heritage.” After “Heritage,” he delivers one of the finest clean the technically proficient but metal-by-the- vocal performances of his career. His feverish numbers bombast of “Watershed” (2008), his intensity on “The Devil’s Orchard” breathes first record with the band, Axenrot has found sinister life into a typically Opethian tale of the his own voice as a drummer. occult: “A lover would follow me/Cast down Less reliant on marathon double bass runs, and sworn to the dark/Take the road where his playing has evolved into a jazzy whirl- devils speak.” On “I Feel the Dark,” his previ- wind of loose syncopation. His brushwork ously infrequent yet flawless falsetto takes the on “Nepenthe” is perhaps most impressive: spotlight. A watery vocal effect on “Folklore” a quiet, double-time snare pattering that adds a shifty creepiness to swaggering acous- provides a backbone for the languid guitar tic guitar chords. chords. Of course, “Heritage” couldn’t be con- Mendez’s bass is turned up significantly sidered progressive rock if the instrumen- in Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson’s mix, and tals didn’t match the quality of the vocals. “The Lines in My Hand” is essentially a The aptly named “Slither” pits a blistering, showcase for his distorted, nimble lines. snaky guitar line against a lilting classi- The new record finds Opeth in an cal guitar outro. Chiming acoustic guitars incredible position for a band that has flutter through a rapid drumbeat during been around for 20 years. They’ve revi- the midsection of “Häxprocess.” Lusciously opeth.com talized their sound by branching out in reverbed electric guitar chords serenely flow ‘Heritage’ is a truly progressive metal album. previously unforeseen directions with through “Nepenthe” — that is, until Wiberg’s astounding success. angular keyboard stabs transfigure the song starts out as a mere whisper, but the song that these progressive metallers have It remains to be seen if Åkerfeldt and into a Hell-raising funk jam. slowly and patiently builds to a piercing, embraced on this outing. Empty space his band will stick with this new style, but “Nepenthe” is also a prime example manic guitar solo. is almost the sixth member of the band, in any case, “Heritage” establishes Opeth of Opeth’s excellent use of dynamics on Almost never found on overloud mod- drenching unsettling transitions with an as worthy perpetuators of the progressive “Heritage.” The opening guitar melody ern metal albums, it’s a dynamic approach oppressive sense of darkness. rock legacy. Deschanel’s down-to-earth Jess taps into the mentality of a modern young woman DESCHANEL Deschanel also chatted eral recent comedies featuring a continued from page 5 about the comedic chemistry leading lady. Typically, TV shows looks like it was made for you, between her and her costars, and movies are from the male but it wasn’t.” Jake Johnson (Nick) and Max perspective (hence the buzz The role of Jess Day is simi- Greenfield (Schmidt). “We cast around the funny, female-driven lar to Deschanel’s other roles, the people who were the best “Bridesmaids” this summer). and even Deschanel herself — actors… [because with the best “It’s nice to be on a show both the actress and her char- actors], the comedy comes out that was created by a woman, acter made up theme songs of the situation, rather than just starring a woman, even though for themselves. Perhaps that’s the ability to deliver jokes,” she there’s guy humor in it, too,” why she sees Jess as such an said. “We just wanted the people Deschanel said. admirable character. “She isn’t that could really help tell these The show aims to offer an afraid of being herself, whether stories and were also hilarious atypical woman who chal- it comes out as being a little bit and great actors as well. We real- lenges stereotypes and makes naive … or just a really strong ly have a great rapport.” viewers laugh at the same time. sense of self. She’s totally her- “New Girl’s” place in the Deschanel said, “I really feel like self. I think that’s really nice primetime line-up is indicative she’s equal to all the guys. I real- Isabella Vosmikova/FOX to see in female characters,” of an interesting trend on tele- ly, really love that. 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editorial THE TUFTS DAILY Ca r t e r W. Ro g e r s A reflection on the Career Fair Editor-in-Chief Editorial For many students, but especially in these fields, but the fact remains students simply can’t afford to work Niki Krieg the senior class, who face graduating that the options available for those what is essentially a full-time job for Adam Kulewicz during one of the worst economic cli- students hoping to pursue careers no money after they’ve graduated from Managing Editors mates in recent memory, the job mar- elsewhere seemed meager at best. the safety of Tufts. ket can be a frightening and dismal Especially given the university’s For those students who can’t pay Amelie Hecht Executive News Editor Kathryn Olson News Editors prospect. While the official rate in emphasis on global citizenship, civic their dues in the form of free service, Laina Piera unemployment stands at 9.1 percent, engagement and social conscious- it leaves significantly fewer options. Corinne Segal Saumya Vaishampayan an Associated Press article on Sept 5. ness, not to mention the fact that The assumption that students can or Brent Yarnell reported that the 8.8 million under- international relations and political should be able to afford to work for Bianca Blakesley Assistant News Editors Gabrielle Hernandez employed workers — many of whom science rank among Tufts’ most popu- free after they have taken on loans or Brionna Jimerson are working part-time but want full- lar majors, the Career Fair did not after their families have shelled out Michael Marks time work — as well as the reported seem to reflect the demographic of hundreds of thousands of dollars on Elizabeth McKay Marie Schow 2.6 million who have “given up” look- students’ interests. what is supposed to be a world-class Minyoung Song ing for jobs could bring the actual A number of organizations pres- education is just ignorant. Mahpari Sotoudeh numbers of Americans seeking jobs ent at the Career Fair were happy We at the Daily understand that Martha Shanahan Executive Features Editor up to 16.2 percent. If these numbers to discuss positions they could offer the economy is not exactly a friendly Jon Cheng Features Editors weren’t enough to strike fear into the in terms of volunteering or unpaid place for anyone at present, business- Maya Kohli Amelia Quinn hearts of soon-to-be graduates, the internships, but when it came to paid es included, and we also understand Falcon Reese one stroll through last week’s Career positions, opportunities seemed to be that the market for different majors Derek Schlom Victoria Rathsmill Assistant Features Editors Fair would certainly do the trick for less available. and skills varies widely. Margaret Young anyone whose major was not related This might be helpful for students That being said, Tufts needs to do Rebecca Santiago Executive Arts Editor to engineering or finance. not staring at the gaping void of gradu- a better job of making the Career Fair Zach Drucker Arts Editors Despite the fact that the major- ation within the next calendar year, but an event that promotes and assists its Anna Majeski ity of Tufts undergraduates do not for those faced with entering a chal- students in finding careers that are Charissa Ng Joseph Stile have majors relating to finance, busi- lenging job market, it is insufficient. more consistent with the demograph- Ashley Wood ness or engineering, the organizations While it is certainly true that organiza- ics of the school and the interests of Matthew Welch Melissa MacEwen Assistant Arts Editors attending the fair were disproportion- tions across all disciplines have come the student body. ately drawn from these fields. This is to expect that “intern” is synonymous We suggest starting by finding orga- David Kellogg Executive Op-Ed Editor Bhushan Deshpande Op-Ed Editors not to say that a student majoring in with “unpaid,” thanks to the thousands nizations to attend the next fair who Seth Teleky Assistant Op-Ed Editors political science or psychology can’t of students scrambling to accrue what- are interested in paying students what Devon Colmer Cartoonists be interested in or want employment ever work experience they can, many they’re worth. Louie Zong Craig Frucht Editorialists Michael Restiano Daniel Rathman Executive Sports Editor Wes ENGEL Matthew Berger Sports Editors Lauren Flament Claire Kemp Ben Kochman Aaron Leibowitz David McIntyre Alex Prewitt Ann Sloan Ethan Sturm Kate Klots Assistant Sports Editors Josh Berlinger Executive Photo Editor Virginia Bledsoe Photo Editors Kristen Collins Alex Dennett Justin McCallum Ashley Seenauth William Butt Assistant Photo Editors Lane Florsheim Caroline Geiling Meagan Maher Oliver Porter Scott Tingley Dilys Ong Staff Photographers

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Andrew Paseltiner Executive Copy Editor Ben Considine Copy Editors Patrick Donnelly Sara Eisemann Katrina Knisely Off the Hill | University of Central Florida Drew Lewis Ashley Cheng Assistant Copy Editors Linh Dang Lauren Greenberg George Le Two-year colleges need investment Gregory Witz Audrey Kuan Executive Online Editor b y Ce n t r a l Fl o r i d a Fu t u r e Editorial taken a necessary and significant first step leges is critically important to the eco- Darcy Mann Online Editors Bo a r d in proposing to do so. Obama has proposed nomic well-being of this country. Many Ben Schwalb investing $5 billion to improve facilities at students look to community colleges as Will Wong Central Florida Future community colleges and tribal colleges. an alternative to four-year institutions for Ammar Khaku Executive Technical Manager As the economy struggles to recover Ninety-four percent of the respondents a wide range of reasons. Some students from this recession, one facet of higher of this survey said that the new money for want to train directly in their chosen pro- BUSINESS education is beginning to suffer very badly: construction and renovation was a signifi- fession rather than spend the extra time Laura Moreno our community colleges. cant need in their state. In a separate article, fulfilling the general education require- Executive Business Director A new report from the Education Policy Jim Hermes, the director of government ments of four-year universities. Saanya Gulati Receivables Manager Center at the University of Alabama shows relations at the American Association of For other students, a community col- that students are taking on more and more Community Colleges, affirmed this need. lege may provide a second opportunity to P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 617 627 3090 FAX 617 627 3910 debt to pay for college, and that com- “This is certainly an area of great need improve their grade-point average before [email protected] munity colleges are unable to meet the among our institutions,” Hermes said. “We applying to a public university. If stu- expanded need to retrain workers, accord- are heartened by the renewed recognition dents apply right out of high school, the ing to the Chronicle of Higher Education. of this issue.” high school GPA will be the one evalu- The report, titled “Access and Funding Investing in community colleges has ated, whereas a community college gives in Public Higher Education,” is based on been one of Obama’s education objec- the student a shot at having the commu- the results of the latest annual survey of tives for quite some time. Shortly after his nity college GPA taken into consideration the 51 members of the National Council inauguration, he proposed a $12 billion as well. of State Directors of Community Colleges, program to rebuild community colleges, The other reason to preserve commu- conducted from July 5 through Aug. 24, as well as increase the number of two- nity colleges is a matter of helping stu- according to the Chronicle. This report is year students who graduate and go on to dents save money. Some students may predicting cuts to state operating budgets four-year institutions. It would have also choose to attend a community college at community colleges, regional public improved remedial education and forged prior to attending a four-year university universities and public flagship universi- stronger ties between employers, accord- in order to fulfill their general education ties. Tuition is going to continue to grow, ing to the Chronicle. The plan, called requirements at a lesser cost. They can and financial aid won’t be able to keep the American Graduation Initiative, was then choose to transfer their credits to up because it will continue to dwindle or dropped in negotiations over overhauling a four-year institution that will accept remain flat, according to this report. student-aid programs and health care leg- them. Let’s preserve community colleges We need to invest in our community islation, according to the Chronicle. for the sake of education and the health of colleges, and President Barack Obama has Preserving funding for community col- our economy.

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Walt Laws-MacDonald | Show Me the Money! Facebook finances are ‘private’

umors of Facebook’s finances and valuation have taken over technology and investing sites alike since early September’s announcement that its Rinitial public offering (IPO) would be pushed back to late 2012. Several months ago, New York-based investment bank Goldman Sachs put $450 million into Facebook, or, as many students saw it, invested in the procrastina- tion of future generations. This social net- working web site, founded by introverted technophile Mark Zuckerberg, was subse- quently valued at $50 billion by a Wall Street Journal report, more than several established and publicly traded companies such as Amazon, Netflix and, a Tufts favorite, eBay. Created in 2004, the site now has more than 750 million active users and recently reported roughly $1.6 billion in revenue, more than double last year’s figure. As everyone knows, a Facebook profile is free; the whole site is free. Uploading photos, creating groups, adding friends and much more only puts a strain on the time you have to do homework, not on your wallet. So how does Facebook make money? Advertising. Every pesky banner ad and creepily-personal sidebar question (Are you a college student living in Medford?) sends a few pennies Facebook’s way. Pennies might not seem like much, but multiply a few cents by 750 million, and the numbers start to add up. Even if you don’t click on or notice these ads, Facebook still makes money. Despite having arguably the largest market for advertising ever, Facebook’s real value remains a question. When the Journal valued Creative Commons the eight-year-old company at $50 billion earlier this year, many were outraged. Some felt the number was outrageously high, citing The beautiful fury of the Chilean the instability of the “dot-com” bubble of the early 2000s. Others thought $50 billion was a bargain, seeing endless opportunity in the company’s access to markets. U.S. investors student movement pestered Goldman to get in on the deal: “Why b y Ro s a r i o G. Do m i n g u e z est rate. The average spent monthly on The laments of our Chilean classmates can’t I get in on the Facebook?” they asked education per household is $630, making are all too familiar. Every year many of their brokers, just as uncool parents ask their The 15 students participating in the Chilean post-secondary education one of us sign off to receive loans in order to children to friend them. Tufts-in-Chile program this fall arrived the most expensive in the world relative pay for our Tufts education and once So why can’t anyone buy into Facebook? in Santiago, Chile in mid-July at one of to monthly income. we’ve graduated, our loans will be with us The important thing to remember is that the most monumental times in Chilean The Tufts-in-Chile group encountered for years to come. The U.S. Department Facebook is still privately owned. Zuckerberg history since the return of democracy a degree of student participation and of Education recently reported that stu- still holds Facebook’s shares and will con- in 1990. We were welcomed by weekly mobilization that was incomparable to dent loan defaults are on the rise and tinue to until the company offers an IPO, or protests, remnants of tear gas in the air, any form of student involvement that we more and more college graduates are “goes public.” An IPO is the first sale of a com- sounds of people banging on pots and have seen in our lifetime in the United facing the reality of a complete lack of pany’s stock to the public. The company sets pans each night at “carcerolazos” declar- States. Students of the University of Chile jobs. What would our education system the number of shares available (say, a mil- ing the imminent downfall of Pinochet’s have been on strike for several months be like if more high school and univer- lion) and the value of each share (we’ll start education system, and messages saying (to the point that they might be unable sity students across the United States at $100), and goes to a stock exchange (say, “No más lucro,” which means “no more to salvage this semester) and for a few demanded affordable, quality education? the New York Stock Exchange). Now these profit-making,” scribbled and spray- weeks, students took over different facul- As our tuition increases annually and shares can be bought and sold by anyone. painted on surfaces across the city. ties, such as the faculties of architecture we continue accruing a significant debt Though the price can fluctuate, the number For the past four months, Chilean and humanities. Even the “Casa Central,” in loans, what progress have we made of shares in the market remains the same, as high school and university students the administrative office building for the as students to ensure that the youth of each share is directly tied to a portion of the have organized a series of marches with University of Chile, has been occupied by our nation have equal access to quality company (in this example, one millionth). up to 150,000 participants, read-ins, students and consequently become an education? And if the people that run Owning a large chunk of the company means kiss-ins, hunger-strikes, the take over epicenter for student meetings, actions, our colleges and college systems denied you can play a more active role in its dealings, of approximately 200 high schools and and fundraisers for the movement. our demands, would we have the cour- possibly even becoming head of it. universities, days of national strikes and For the first time since the return of age to organize with our peers and not So why go public? Well for one, stock other creative forms of protest. All in an democracy, the students of the Pontifical forfeit until our demands were met, even brings in an enormous amount of capital to effort to pressure President Sebastián Catholic University of Chile, the nation’s if it meant losing out on a semester of a company and adds liquidity (the ability to Piñera and the Chilean government to leading private university, voted to strike school? quickly move money) to its assets. Online implement a comprehensive education- for three consecutive weeks. Due to the As an institution that prides itself on gaming site Zynga.com (based largely on the al reform that would put an end to lucra- strikes, or “huelgas,” attending class its active citizenship, globalism and the Facebook platform) is expected to go public tive institutions of higher learning and became a confusing mess. Some classes leadership of its student body, and extols later this year and hopes to bring in $1 bil- provide greater access to affordable and would sporadically be held and, in other quality teaching and research, it is impera- lion. That’s right, all those hours on FarmVille quality education. instances, professors decided to support tive that Tufts students and faculty recog- have made some people very, very rich. Also, Recent reports from the Organization the strike and postpone class. nize the significance of the Chilean student you can also use stock options to attract tal- for Economic Cooperation and Although the students out in the streets movement. After experiencing the beauti- ented workers, paying them with shares of Development revealed that compared to come from a generation that largely ful fury of the Chilean student movement, the company instead of cash. other member states, Chile has the least did not experience the dictatorship of or as many are referring to as the “Chilean Facebook hasn’t gone public because it socioeconomic-integrated education Augusto Pinochet, their demands reflect Winter,” the 2011 Tufts-in-Chile group simply doesn’t need to. Its operating costs are system, so essentially the richest have a direct confrontation with the policies of encourages you to reflect upon, re-evaluate miniscule in comparison to less profitable the means and opportunity to attend the the dictatorship that continue influenc- and question your own experiences with companies, and it has access to all the capital best private or public universities while ing many sectors of the Chilean society. the educational system you grew up with. it needs. If it were to offer an IPO, it would the poorest only have access to sub- The neo-liberalization of the education For many years, many of us have failed to have to share its profits with the stockholders par academic institutions. Even though system is drawn from decades of neolib- acknowledge the inequalities ingrained in and disclose all its private affairs. There’s no Chile has the highest per capita income eral thought, and the constitution, which a system that we have managed to maneu- fun in that, now is there? in Latin America, the 15 percent of the the students are also asking to be revoked ver to an extent. Although we’ve had access Facebook will probably go public eventu- Chilean population that live in poverty and recreated, was written and passed to quality education, many of our fellow ally, but for now there’s simply no point. They live a much different reality. Many mid- into law in 1980, in the midst of the dic- Americans cannot say the same. have enough friends as is. dle-class Chilean graduates denounce tatorship. the inability to even pay back their stu- Our time spent in Chile has been trans- dent loans after obtaining their degrees formative on many levels, but mainly Rosario G. Dominguez is a junior major- Walt Laws-MacDonald is a freshman who has because they had no other choice but because we’ve witnessed people our age ing in international relations. She is cur- not yet declared a major. He can be reached at to take out loans that have a 6% inter- take action in changing a failed system. rently studying abroad in Chile. [email protected].

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b y Co n n o r Ro s e New England Championships will fight through the terrain to get off to Senior Staff Writer be held in two weeks. The condi- a quick start and hold on through- tions of the race also made for a out the race. The women’s cross country stark contrast between the Codfish “I’ve liked to go out hard in the team traveled to Franklin Park for Bowl and the Invitational. past, and I’ve had some success Jumbosthe Codfish Bowl 5k this weekend,place fourth at Codfish Bowl Humidity and prior rainfall made with it,” Carey said. “I’m trying to be where they competed against teams for a wet and muddy day, mak- a little more conservative in general of all divisions and ages. Tufts took ing top times very hard to come though. Lilly ran a very smart race, fourth place overall with 101 points by. Because of that, assistant coach going out controlled and finishing and were the top finishing Div. III Dan Murner was focused more on really strong, and that’s something team. NESCAC rival Bates was fifth the efforts of the athletes than their I’m trying to do as well.” with 155 points. Taking the team finishing times. Fisher moved up throughout the title was Boston University. The “You throw times out the window race and passed a whole pack of Terriers earned it with 47 points, because it was abnormally hot and runners in the final mile. Finishing besting the Greater Boston Track the course conditions were a little first for the team, Fisher put her Club by three points. sloppy,” Murner said. “The team experience and fitness on display. Katie Matthews, running unat- definitely competed well despite “Lilly had a very good race for us tached, took the individual crown the tough course conditions.” and looked very fit throughout the in 17:38, running away from the Though the mud can make for race,” Murner said. “She has been rest of the field to win by over 30 some tough running and slow working out very well so far this seconds. Junior tri-captain Lilly times, some runners thrive in year and we are really excited about Fisher was the top finisher for these environments. Adverse con- what we think she can do moving the Jumbos, finishing 18th over- ditions and diverse courses allow forward.” all in 19:35. The next finishers for for strengths and weaknesses to be The Jumbos’ depth and prox- the team were senior tri-captain exposed on a weekly basis, with imity up front give the team con- Anya Price in 23rd and sophomore some runners excelling in the mud, fidence moving forward into the Madeleine Carey right behind her while others struggle. The Jumbos’ championship season. With many in 24th. The two finished almost performance showed that they are of the top girls finishing within a simultaneously, at 19:44 and 19:49, not afraid of tough conditions. few seconds of each other, using respectively. “We went into the race know- the presence of one another could Sophomore Lauren Creath was ing that the times were going to create another element of success just behind them in 19:51, good be a little slow,” Carey said. “The for the team. So far this season, the for 27th place. Wrapping up the conditions made it more about an Jumbos have displayed their tough scoring for the Jumbos was junior effort. I actually really enjoy run- mentalities and ability to compete Melanie Monroe, who finished in Andrew morgenthaler/tufts daily ning through mud. It makes it fun with the region’s best. 37th place in 20:09. Sophomore Junior tri-captain Lilly Fisher was, in 18th place, the top Jumbo finisher. and adds an extra element to cross The squad will take a week off Laura Peterson, 49th, and senior 20:33, respectively. Invitational last week, this week country.” from racing before heading back Kelsey Picciuto, 56th, rounded After seeing some qual- gave the Jumbos the opportunity Carey, who finished third for the to Franklin Park for the Open New out the top seven, at 20:26 and ity NESCAC rivals at the Bowdoin to race the course where the Open team, used her extra motivation to England Championships on Oct. 8.

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b y La u r e n Fl a m e n t so I was kind of rusty, but I ran hard in 28:26 for 88th. Daily Editorial Board and I garnered from it and finished “A lot of people had a rough hard.” day,” Eisenberg-Guyot said. “Jake The men’s cross country team Two places and four seconds McCauley ran really well and Men’scaptured a seventh cross place finish behindcountry Eisenberg-Guyot was takes soph- Andrew Shaperoseventh had an OK race, at Codfish Bowl among 24 teams at the Codfish Bowl omore Andrew Shapero, who fin- but most other people had a tough this Saturday, despite missing most ished in 27:07. time. We’re all running high mileage, of its varsity squad. “I went out how I wanted to, and people were tired from a hard A smaller crew of only 11 run- around 5:05 for the first mile,” week of training and from racing last ners suited up for the Jumbos to Shapero said. “It is a fast start with week, so it was a hard day for people compete at Franklin Park in a field the downhill, and then I wanted to mentally.” of 286 athletes, including competi- settle into [a] 5:15 pace, but it ended According to Eisenberg-Guyot, tors from NESCAC foe Bates, which up being a much slower pace. among the mix of people rac- won the meet with 49 points. The “I had a good 8k last week, but I ing were athletes who sat out last Jumbos combined for a score of 219 was just tired this weekend,” added weekend due to injury or illness and points among teams of all divisions. Shapero, who was the fifth finisher upperclassmen whose campaigns Rough racing conditions stood in for Tufts last Saturday at the Maine will not extend into the champion- the way of hitting impressive times Invitational in 25:52 on a much flat- ship season. Missing most of the on the 8,000-meter course, but the ter and faster course, and with bet- usual varsity crew allowed younger Jumbos still put in a good showing, ter weather. athletes to step up and show the demonstrating their depth this sea- Sophomore Jake McCauley was depth the Jumbos have this season. son. the third finisher for the Jumbos, “It was good to see people not

Tufts was led by graduate student crossing the line in 27:27 to cap- usually in the top seven scoring for Andrew Morgenthaler/Tufts Daily Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot (LA ’11), who ture 52nd place. Tufts’ scorers the team,” Shapero said. Sophomore Andrew Shapero battled fatigue to finish in 35th place, the finished in 27:03 for 33rd place. were rounded out by sophomore “We have really good depth this second best mark for Tufts. “It wasn’t an especially good or Bobby McShane and freshman year — better than we’ve had before,” bad race for me,” Eisenberg-Guyot Justin Rheingold, who took 71st Eisenberg-Guyot added. “Shapero spot, so having Shapero and I, who end off and then return to Franklin said. “I went out way too fast the first and 83rd, respectively, with times and I finished around 20 seconds are both on the cusp of being in the Park on Oct. 8 for Open New mile, especially considering it was of 28:02 and 28:13. The final mem- behind Bates’ fifth man, and Bates top seven, sticking close to their fifth Englands, where the Jumbos will really hot and humid and muddy, bers of the Jumbos’ top seven were is going to be big competition at and fourth runner shows the depth face off against the region’s top and I paid for that the next four senior Jeff Prescott in 28:23 for 86th Regionals. We’re going to be show- we have in our varsity guys.” runners spanning all three colle- miles. It was my first race in a while, place and freshman Cyrus Cousins ing down with them for a national The squad will take next week- giate divisions.

MEN’S SOCCER in the last 45 minutes. The Jumbos, how- half breakaway chance from Mules junior The team is busy this week with three continued from page 12 ever, stayed strong at the back and did not midfielder Andrew Meisel, tipped another matches: an out of conference contest against the wing,” Shapiro said. “With [junior forward] concede a goal until the 90th minute, when shot over the bar and grabbed several dan- Endicott today and two NESCAC matches StrongFranco Silva back goalkeeping in form and Gus a little Colbypreserves sophomore Jonathan lead Sommer tallied for to Tuftsgerous balls in that werematch played into against the box. this weekend Colby against Amherst and Trinity. banged up, it seemed like a good fit for us at reduce the Jumbos’ lead. Fortunately for Tufts, Several players commended Bernstein’s per- While the team realizes that it shouldn’t take the time.” Colby could get no closer than that, allowing formance, as did his head coach. too much out of one match, it also hopes that Colby responded to Tufts’ first half lead with the Jumbos to escape Waterville, Maine, with “Alan had to deal with some inexperi- its performance against Colby can impact the increased pressure in the second half, espe- a tough 2-1 victory. ence because we started two freshman rest of the 2011 campaign. cially in the last 20 minutes of the match. The One reason Tufts was able to keep its lead center backs,” Shapiro said. “There was “It certainly can be a turning point in our Mules sent greater numbers forward and put against Colby was another steady perfor- nothing he could do about the goal, and season,” Blumenthal said. “It’s really huge to pressure on the Jumbos’ back line, drawing mance from Jumbos senior Alan Bernstein. besides that, he looked dominant out there get that first NESCAC win, and hopefully it will six corner kicks and generating seven shots The tri-captain goalkeeper denied a second- as he usually does.” be the start of a run.” 12 INSIDE Men’s XC 11 Women’s XC 11

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Men’s Soccer Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville Ban Fitzpatrick b y Ma t t Be r g e r Daily Editorial Board ’m calling a committee, a meeting of the airhead jocks, if you will. Because it’s time JumbosMen’s Senior midfielder soccer Matt top earns Blumenthal Mules first has NESCAC with win early on the penalty road kick goal to draft a petition, one that, despite being experienced the immense pressure of taking ground-breaking and landscape-chang- a penalty kick during a match many times Iing, would help make the National Football League (NFL) a better place. Ladies and gentlemen, I call for a perma- MEN’S SOCCER nent ban on Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan (2-1-1, 1-1-1 NESCAC) Fitzpatrick from the NFL, and I need your help at Waterville, Maine, Saturday to implement this dream into reality. Tufts 2 0 — 2 Fitzpatrick, field general of the unde- Colby 0 1 — 1 feated Buffalo Bills, has no place in this fine football establishment, and should be barred immediately. throughout his soccer career. A tri-captain The reason? and perennial starter in the center of the He’s too smart. midfield, Blumenthal called on this experi- Think about it. This is the only explana- ence on Saturday when he stepped up to the tion for the resurgent Bills, who somehow penalty spot in the 22nd minute of a score- mustered a 34-31 win versus the visiting New less match against NESCAC rival Colby. England Patriots on Sunday, a victory blatantly “I used to take [penalty kicks] for my high aided by some sort of smart-person voodoo. school and club teams and had only ever Tom Brady threw four interceptions, missed once,” he said. matching his 2010 total. Fitzpatrick, on the Freshman midfielder Gus Santos, who has other hand, was brilliant to the untrained been called Tufts’ most dynamic offensive eye, throwing for 369 yards — his second- threat by several teammates this season, cre- highest single-game total — and directed a ated the chance for Blumenthal when he second-half comeback from 11 points down was tripped by a Colby defender in the box. that stunned the Pats. Once it was clear that the Jumbos had been It was a far cry from the Bills’ 34-3 loss at awarded a penalty kick, Blumenthal, who home to New England on Dec. 26, 2010, in was trailing the play, immediately shifted his which he completed just 48.6 percent of his focus to the upcoming one-on-one matchup passes for 251 yards and three interceptions. with Colby senior goalkeeper Ben Joslin. Scott Tingley/Tufts Daily Something clearly changed between then and “Coach told me at the start of the year that Senior midfielder Matt Blumenthal scored the first goal in Saturday’s game against Colby. Sunday. Analysts will point to a heightened PKs were mine, so the second I saw Gus draw work ethic and Buffalo’s underdog mental- the foul I was ready to step up,” Blumenthal early on. Tufts generated 13 first-half shots Tufts’ relentless pressure paid off once ity to explain the sudden shift in the AFC said. “You’ve just got to choose a side and be compared with only five from the host Colby. again just before the end of the half. With East’s landscape. They’ll spill nonsense about confident that it will go in.” In a losing effort against Wesleyan on Sept. seconds remaining before the break, sopho- how brain triumphs over brawn, how the Joslin guessed right, but Blumenthal was 17, Tufts struggled to generate chances and more forward Jono Edelman, who was given Bills have adopted that clutch, killer mentality still able to beat him with a solid strike just only produced six shots in the first half. The his first opportunity of the season to play reminiscent of the league’s great squads. And inside the post, opening the scoring in what team credited its increased offensive output as an attacking midfielder, poked away a Fitzpatrick will be the golden boy, the Harvard would become a 2-1 victory for the Jumbos. against Colby to coaching adjustments made backwards pass to Joslin and played it back graduate who excommunicated traditions of It was exactly the result that head coach in the week leading up to the match. across goal to freshman forward Maxime old in upstate New York. Josh Shapiro expected when Blumenthal “The coaches did a great job,” Blumenthal Hoppenot. The first-year one-timed the pass Well, it’s about time to excommunicate approached the kick. said. “They showed each of us individual into an open net to double the Jumbos’ lead this smarty pants from our glorious league. “It’s always good to see your senior captain video, and we worked [in practice] on the and give the team a massive momentum Fitzpatrick has about as much place in the take charge and want to be the guy who takes midfielders switching the ball much more. boost heading into the second half. NFL as high hits, wardrobe malfunctions and penalty kicks,” Shapiro said. “You could see Against Wesleyan, we were kind of getting “Jono gives us something different out on lame comparisons. that [Blumenthal] was in control out there.” stuck in one side of the field, but we opened Fitzpatrick led the Crimson to a 10-0 season The Jumbos were clearly the better side the game up more this week.” see MEN’S SOCCER, page 11 in 2004, and he was named the Ivy League Player of the Year. His father’s a rocket scien- tist. No wonder Fitzpatrick’s only been sacked once this season; his father and the other Games of the Week “smart” people clearly developed a force field. Talk about an artificial pocket protector. Listen, looking back (Sept. 25) | Bills give patriots Fitz, Improve to 3-0 buddy, this isn’t a galaxy far, far away. This is coming into last Sunday’s match up with the Patriots, the Bills had little reason for hope: real life. Get with it and stop cheating. The NFL the New England club had beaten the squad from upstate New York 15 times in a row, as has no place for cheaters. Or science. Tom Brady consistently put up huge numbers against them. However, this time would be Even more telling is Fitzpatrick’s startling different, as the Bills picked off Brady four times en route to a 34-31 victory at home. acceptance of his alma mater. As he told the in fact, Brady’s performance was astoundingly poor, especially considering that he threw Providence Journal, “To me, I take a tremen- four interceptions all of last season and one of his picks in the game was returned for a dous amount of pride going to school there touchdown by Bills cornerback Drayton Florence. While Brady also threw for four touch- and graduating from Harvard. I know that downs, the Pats seemed to implode in the second half as the Bills gained momentum in front sometimes people use it as some kind of a of their raucous home crowd. joke or a sarcastic comment, [but] I take a that momentum was due, in large part, to the effort of Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, tremendous amount of pride that I went to who threw for 369 yards and two TDs and led his team back from the monster deficit in the school there. I think it’s a good thing.” second half. With the score tied at 31-31 with less than two minutes to go, Fitzpatrick hit The NFL needs more of the Ryan Fitzpatrick Fred Jackson for a 38-yard pass that set the Bills up for the game-winning 28-yard field goal who proposed to his wife at McDonald’s, not by Ryan Lindell. MCT the one who engineers an offense scoring a in fact, the Bills became the only team in NFL history to come back from deficits of at league-best 37.7 points per game, .9 points least 18 points in two consecutive weeks and, in doing so, moved to 3-0 on the season. The more than the 2007 Patriots. Before this sea- Patriots, meanwhile, were left to ponder what could have been as they let a big lead slip son, Fitzpatrick had a 73.0 career QB rating. In away against a division rival. 2011, he’s at 103.5. Harvard magic, indeed. Given that Fitzpatrick braininess is running unchecked throughout the league, the only looking ahead (oct. 1) | Women’s Soccer travels to Amherst for battle of UnbeatenS fathomable solution is a permanent ban. He’s married to former Harvard All-American soc- the women’s soccer team is off to a fast start in their 2011 campaign, with three wins and cer player Liza Barber, so another generation two draws in their first five matches. They have an impressive draw with No. 23 Wheaton of hyper-bred, well-rounded athletes is in the College to their name, and sit in a tie for second-place in the NESCAC with No. 5 Williams offing, and that’s not what the NFL needs. through three matches. The world’s greatest entity survives on beer, But if the team hopes to maintain its momentum, it will need to best Amherst, the current single-mindedness and beer, not TI-89s and conference leaders. The Lord Jeffs are 5-0 overall, 3-0 in the NESCAC and have outscored intelligence. Everyone knows that Ivy League opponents 14-1 so far this season. They have wins over Springfield College and Middlebury, graduates belong in the front office, not on the who sit at No. 2 and No. 6 in the New England region, respectively. Always a threatening field. After all, that very line is included in every side, they have been further bolstered by the emergence of sophomore Sarah Duffy, who single article ever written about Fitzpatrick. has already accumulated seven goals and two assists in just her first full season as a starter. It’s time to put an end to the nonsense, to If the Jumbos hope to stymie the Lord Jeffs’ attack, they will likely need to start by stopping reclaim the NFL for its true owners. Duffy. The revenge of the nerds occurred in 1984. while Amherst has been somewhat of a one trick pony, Tufts has gotten offensive pro- We don’t need a sequel.

SCott Tingley/Tufts Daily duction from a variety of sources, with eight different players contributing goals and four players contributing assists. the game will only be made more ominous by a difficult schedule that requires the Jumbos Alex Prewitt is a senior majoring in English to travel home to host the Trinity Bantams, also undefeated in the NESCAC, on Sunday. and religion. He can be reached on his blog at http://livefrommudville.blogspot.com or followed on Twitter at @Alex_Prewitt.